Research and experiential learning for public service
IntellectConnect

A network for intellectual exchange and public impact.

CLEAR connects scholars, students, practitioners, public-interest organizations, and institutional partners around civic leadership, civil service, and government capacity.

William G. Resh
Director

William G. Resh

Professor and Chair, Department of Public Management and Policy · Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Resh directs CLEAR’s integrated research and education portfolio, including INSIGHT+, AI workforce modeling, research on federal workforce shocks and institutions, student collaboration, and the Accountability and Reform Research Consortium.

CLEAR Fellows

A cross-institutional community of expertise.

The legacy CLEAR network spans public management, political science, law, data science, technology, organizational behavior, finance, and public-service practice.

Roster review before launch: affiliations below were carried from the legacy site and should be confirmed in the final GSU publication workflow.
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Jason Anastasopoulos

University of Georgia
Technology, bureaucracy, methods

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Elizabeth Bell

University of Texas at Austin
Social equity and public management

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Heejin Cho

Partnership for Public Service
Engagement, leadership, performance

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Jason Coupet

Georgia State University
Strategy, efficiency, organizational economics

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Gary Hollibaugh

University of Pittsburgh
Bureaucratic politics and methodology

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Donald F. Kettl

University of Maryland / Volcker Alliance
Public administration and governance

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David E. Lewis

Vanderbilt University
Presidency, administration, public management

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Scott Limbocker

United States Military Academy
Politicization and executive institutions

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John D. Marvel

American University
Organization theory and public management

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Temirlan T. Moldogaziev

Indiana University
Public finance and fiscal governance

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Michael Overton

University of Idaho
Administrative informatics and data science

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Mark Richardson

Georgetown University
Presidency, expertise, public management

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Kayla Schwoerer

University at Albany, SUNY
Digital government, design, data

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Jennifer L. Selin

Arizona State University
Administrative law and accountability

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Weijie Wang

University of Missouri
Performance, personnel, collaboration

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Eleanor F. Woodhouse

University College London
Delegation and comparative governance

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Samuel Workman

West Virginia University
Policy data infrastructure and bureaucracy

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Matthew M. Young

Leiden University
Technology, innovation, service delivery

Students and faculty at Georgia State University's Andrew Young School
Student collaborators

Research experience with a public purpose.

CLEAR integrates students into active projects rather than separating education from research production.

Roles may include data acquisition and documentation, ETL workflows, literature reviews, research design, statistical and network analysis, natural-language processing, visualization, practitioner briefs, and event production.

  • Graduate research assistantships and project teams
  • Capstone and experiential-learning partnerships
  • Doctoral collaboration and coauthorship
  • Applied work with civic and institutional partners
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Institutional partners

Partnerships that connect research to practice.

CLEAR’s projects have been made possible by host institutions, public-interest organizations, research centers, funders, and practitioner networks.

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

CLEAR’s institutional home at Georgia State University, supporting public-service education, applied research, experiential learning, and engagement in Atlanta.

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The Volcker Alliance

A public-interest organization advancing effective government and public-service education; partner in workforce analytics, research networks, and practitioner exchange.

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IBM Center for the Business of Government

A research-to-practice partner supporting work on artificial intelligence, public-sector labor markets, and the management challenges facing government.

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Past and project-specific support has also included the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, Arizona State University’s Center for Organization Research and Design, USC’s Center for Inclusive Democracy, and other university and civic collaborators.
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Connect your expertise, institution, or public problem to CLEAR.

Partnerships can center on research, data, workforce strategy, student learning, convenings, or public communication.

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